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We never have access to all the facts
Authored by: tiger99 on Tuesday, October 09 2012 @ 10:38 AM EDT
Like global warming, and many other issues, the facts are generally not as straightforward as they seem, with lies, disinformation, or innocent mistakes on both sides. The truth, which we generally have no means of knowing, does not even necessarily lie in the middle of what opposing factions claim.

For instance, we know that there are undesirable effects due to global warming, but they are likely to be very different (and possibly much worse) than what certain predictions are saying. All we can know is that it is safest to eliminate the causes of the warming, which is what we should all try to do.

Similarly for MMR, there may well be serious effects, which may only show many years hence, and may have no connection with autism. I am against MMR, simply because it is not at all necessary to give the immune system multiple doses of very different things to contend with at once, and it cannot be less safe to administer conventional vaccines seperately.

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No, you’re not entitled to your opinion
Authored by: JamesK on Tuesday, October 09 2012 @ 11:08 AM EDT
Another example of deliberate ignorance is with smoking. Despite all the
evidence showing the links between smoking and cancer, heart disease and more,
kids today still start smoking. I can have sympathy for those who started
smoking before the risks were known, but not for the idiots who start smoking
now.

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